sambo
[`sambʊ]
The verdict
“sambo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,065 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,065
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pareja; persona que vive en unión libre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sambo · sambo · Spanish
sambo · rank #74,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,065
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH salpicando
Nearest frequency peer: salpicando (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sambo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sadomasoqui…
sadomasoquismo
25,940 corpus weight
- Saitama
Saitama
25,939 corpus weight
- saliéndose
saliéndose
25,938 corpus weight
- salpicando
salpicando
25,937 corpus weight
- sambo
sambo
25,936 corpus weight
- Santamarina
Santamarina
25,931 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sambo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sambo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [`sambʊ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sambo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sambo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,065 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [`sambʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pareja; persona que vive en unión libre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sambo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is sambo, spelled S-A-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1Pareja; persona que vive en unión libre.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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